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First Dick on film
Ludwig, eager to get his hands on Dick As you’ve doubtless realised, today is the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner. Last year in a survey of movies about Wagner’s royal patron, Bavarian King Ludwig II,...
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Meanwhile, on Starnberger See…
“How about we cool off?” Further reading Rex Luna Let them eat kuchen Sewell on Ludwig Ludwig at the movies An eternal mystery Circles: Ludwig II/Sissi First Dick on film
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Dress-down Friday equestrian special
In honour of the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse which begins today, here is a look at some of our favourite strange flowers in equestrian elegance mode. There’s Renée Sintenis (again),...
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Pearls: Ludwig II
Oh if only it were evening already, the sun set, the moon risen, the stars shining as a sign that bliss was weaving its way! Further reading Rex Luna Let them eat kuchen Sewell on Ludwig Ludwig at the...
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Ludwig der Zweite, König von Bayern
In 1923, Marlene Dietrich appeared in one of her very first films, Der Mensch am Wege (The Man at the Wayside), a movie that also marked the directorial debut of Wilhelm Dieterle. At the start of the...
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The Liberace family tree
Władziu Valentino Liberace was born 100 years ago today. On this august occasion I commend to your attention the video below, Tony Palmer’s documentary about the colossally successful entertainer and...
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Places: Hermesvilla
We’re in Vienna! Well, just outside. We’ll be back soon for a more expansive look at the Austrian capital and its rich heritage of neurosis and peculiarity, but for now Partner and self find ourselves...
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Places: Ludwig the Second first and last
Alpha and omega. Das A und O, as the Germans say when they wish to emphasise the elementary importance of something. The essence, the crux. The beginning and the end. We find ourselves in Bavaria...
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The bitter tears of Empress Elisabeth
Over the years I have written numerous times about the inexhaustibly fascinating life of Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898) – a.k.a. Sis(s)i – and its heady amalgam of eccentricity, disaster, glamour,...
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Secret Satan, 2023
Berlin is cold and dark, there’s snow on the ground and the supermarkets are full of Lebkuchen and testy shoppers, so … it must be time for Secret Satan! Here we go with our annual serving of books...
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